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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Jack's lawyer see that has a picture of Jack's hero on it?
(a) A coffee mug.
(b) A poster.
(c) A cigarette carton.
(d) A newspaper clipping.

2. What is one of the questions that Jack asks Andy?
(a) What the weather looks like it is going to do.
(b) How his mother is doing.
(c) What he plans to do with his life.
(d) How business in town is doing.

3. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?
(a) He is very close to her.
(b) They live in the same house, but they fight all of the time.
(c) They used to like each other, but now they don't.
(d) He provides money for her.

4. After a time, what happened between Rose and Jack?
(a) They went into business together.
(b) They began to have an affair.
(c) They had to stop talking to one another so that they could remain faithful to their marriages.
(d) Jack stopped talking to her even though she wanted to keep speaking with him.

5. Who is Clara?
(a) Mat's sister.
(b) Jack's daughter.
(c) Jack's sister.
(d) Ben's wife.

6. Who are the people who gather on Jack's farm in the Epilogue?
(a) The men of Port William.
(b) Only women from town.
(c) Only family members.
(d) Men and women from town.

7. What became obvious to Jack regarding his relationship with Clara after Ruth's death?
(a) The lack of a relationship became evident.
(b) Clara loved Jack more than Jack loved Clara.
(c) Jack loved her more than ever before.
(d) They wouldn't be able to continue a relationship.

8. Specifically, what do the people who gather to remember Jack recall about him?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His idiosyncrasies and sayings.
(c) His looks.
(d) His clothes.

9. How was Ben killed?
(a) Shot by one of his friends.
(b) Stabbed by a stranger.
(c) He was killed during the war.
(d) Trampled by horses.

10. How do the people who gather remember Jack?
(a) Jealously.
(b) Fondly.
(c) With contempt.
(d) Angrily.

11. How did Ruth feel about the mortgage being paid off?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) She didn't know that he paid it off.

12. What does Jack's lawyer see as he lingers at Jacks place?
(a) A tornado coming.
(b) Clara coming down the road.
(c) Crops that are dying.
(d) Unmistakeable signs of Jack.

13. How long was there between Jack's first meeting with Rose and their next encounter?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Two decades.
(d) A few years.

14. How did Jack's feelings toward Rose change after the accident?
(a) He felt it was time to stop gossiping about her.
(b) He felt like they could be friends even though he was still married.
(c) He decided to stop silencing his urges toward her.
(d) He felt it was time to become her friend instead of just doing business with her.

15. Where is Andy's girlfriend going?
(a) To college on the East Coast.
(b) To Ohio State.
(c) To the college that Jack graduated from.
(d) To Andy's same college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for the town's attitude toward Rose as Jack encounters her the second time?

2. When Mat finds out that Jack hasn't completed his normal morning routine, what does Mat do?

3. What were Jack's wishes for burial?

4. What is the reason for Mat's reaction to Jack's death?

5. What is Mat's wife always working on?

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